Jitterbugs

Our sweet Kate has been in dance classes this Summer. It has been so good for her. The first couple classes she wouldn't leave my side. But little by little she did better. She loved doing the dance and knew all the moves perfectly. When it came time for the recital we told her that if she did great and smiled, we'd go out for ice cream. That turned out to be the perfect motivation for her. She did an amazing job. She danced and sang great and, like us, her teachers were so proud of her progress.

Afterward, we told her how amazing she did and asked her what her favorite part was.

Her reply..."Ice cream!"

Okay. So we tried a different approach.

"What was your favorite part of the dancing?"

She thought.

Then said, "Thinking about ice cream?!?"

The moral of our story:

BRIBING WITH ICE CREAM = THE PERFECT LITTLE DANCER!

All lined up and getting ready to dance.

Kate in her hula girl costume.

Kate's class and teachers.


(Their main dance was Tiki Tiki Room/Surfin' Safari but that video won't load. Maybe later.)

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dance

Dancing to Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Da

"Mr. Bluebird On My Shoulder"

Each girl was given a little part to sing as a solo. During practice Kate would never sing out loud. But she did great when it was her turn at the recital. Of course it brought tears to my eyes and we were all so proud of her!

Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah

In Kate's Summer dance class they also have solo singing. So we have been practicing "Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah" with her for a few weeks and Sammy has really picked up on it. He'll actually sing the whole song with the recording but this was straight from his sweet little memory. I couldn't be more proud!

It's Too Darn Hot!

What do you do when it's just too darn hot?

pLay iN thE spRinkLerS!

Kate and Sam posing with the elephant sprinkler

Fair Fun

Last Saturday we took the kids to the Canyon County Fair and had lots of fun...

fishing for prizes...

Kate won a rose and Sam won an alien

checking to see if they measure up...

Sammy just barely made the cut on most of the kiddie rides.

shooting guns in the purple spaceship...

This was their first ride. They were a little nervous, especially Kate. But when she found out their spaceship was purple and had a #4 on it...she was happy as can be. Alice had fun watching Kate and Sam on the rides and loved waving to them as they passed.

and riding the motorcycles...

and going up and down and round and round on the carousel.

Party Time!

Alice's sweet birthday cake made by Grandma Chandler.

She thought Grandpa Chandler needed a taste of her cake too.

Diggin' in!

Alice wasn't actually too interested in tearing into her cake. So we had to give her a fork. She's so dainty!

Presents!

Alice thought it was fun to hold and look at her gifts but didn't quite understand that there was actually something fun inside.

One of her favorite gifts is her little glowworm from Grandma and Grandpa Chandler.